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Ronald Reagan Sums Up What He Thinks of the Democrat Platform with an Off-Color Joke
IJReview.com ^ | Unknown | Ronald Reagan

Posted on 09/24/2014 10:55:41 AM PDT by Twotone

Ronald Reagan showed why he was legendary on the campaign trail with a humdinger he told before the Republican Governors Club Dinner on October 4, 1988.

“Former Congressman Prentiss Walker dropped in on a farm and introduced himself as a Republican candidate,” Reagan began his joke...

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TOPICS: History; Humor
KEYWORDS: prentisswalker; reagan; ronaldreagan
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A blast from the past.
1 posted on 09/24/2014 10:55:41 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Excellent!


2 posted on 09/24/2014 11:03:28 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: Twotone

I love watching that from time to time.

A classic!


3 posted on 09/24/2014 11:05:17 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Twotone

It is precisely this type of confidence in America and Americans that won the cold-war fro him.

To this day, I will point to the single Reagan quip during his “sound check” (”The bombing starts in 5 minutes.”) as RWR’s defining moment.

The Russians knew that, while said in jest, it provided abject confidence in the resolve of the American people.


4 posted on 09/24/2014 11:07:57 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Twotone

Post the joke.


5 posted on 09/24/2014 11:14:01 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Twotone

! *grin!*


6 posted on 09/24/2014 11:30:29 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in political in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: Kirkwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3Eo9cScEQ


7 posted on 09/24/2014 11:31:01 AM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: Twotone

So what was the joke?


8 posted on 09/24/2014 11:33:53 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
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To: Utilizer

“Former Congressman Prentiss Walker dropped in on a farm and introduced himself as a Republican candidate,” Reagan began his joke, “And as he tells it, the farmer’s eyes lit up, and then he said, ‘Wait ’til I get my wife. We’ve never seen a Republican before.’ And a few minutes later he was back with his wife, and they asked Prentiss if he wouldn’t give them a speech.”

“Well, he looked around for a kind of a podium, something to stand on,” he continued, “and then the only thing available was a pile of that stuff that the late Mrs. Truman said it had taken her 35 years to get Harry to call ‘fertilizer.’ So, he stepped up on that and made his speech.

“And apparently he won them over. And they told him it was the first time they’d ever heard a Republican. And he says, ‘That’s okay. That’s the first time I’ve ever given a speech from a Democratic platform.’”


9 posted on 09/24/2014 11:36:06 AM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: Kirkwood
“Former Congressman Prentiss Walker dropped in on a farm and introduced himself as a Republican candidate,” Reagan began his joke, “And as he tells it, the farmer’s eyes lit up, and then he said, ‘Wait ’til I get my wife. We’ve never seen a Republican before.’ And a few minutes later he was back with his wife, and they asked Prentiss if he wouldn’t give them a speech.”

“Well, he looked around for a kind of a podium, something to stand on,” he continued, “and then the only thing available was a pile of that stuff that the late Mrs. Truman said it had taken her 35 years to get Harry to call ‘fertilizer.’ So, he stepped up on that and made his speech.

“And apparently he won them over. And they told him it was the first time they’d ever heard a Republican. And he says, ‘That’s okay. That’s the first time I’ve ever given a speech from a Democratic platform.'”

Where were the Romney and McCain advisors getting the vapors over him alienating the "moderate vote" at the time?

10 posted on 09/24/2014 11:36:31 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Kirkwood

“Former Congressman Prentiss Walker dropped in on a farm and introduced himself as a Republican candidate,” Reagan began his joke, “And as he tells it, the farmer’s eyes lit up, and then he said, ‘Wait ’til I get my wife. We’ve never seen a Republican before.’ And a few minutes later he was back with his wife, and they asked Prentiss if he wouldn’t give them a speech.”

“Well, he looked around for a kind of a podium, something to stand on,” he continued, “and then the only thing available was a pile of that stuff that the late Mrs. Truman said it had taken her 35 years to get Harry to call ‘fertilizer.’ So, he stepped up on that and made his speech.

“And apparently he won them over. And they told him it was the first time they’d ever heard a Republican. And he says, ‘That’s okay. That’s the first time I’ve ever given a speech from a Democratic platform.’”


11 posted on 09/24/2014 11:37:36 AM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: Fledermaus

Thanks much. :)


12 posted on 09/24/2014 11:39:57 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
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To: Vigilanteman

(Psst. I’ve been told that “the vapors” is an old-fashioned descriptor of what we now call “passing gas” by some southern girls I knew. Just FYI.)


13 posted on 09/24/2014 11:48:26 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
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To: Twotone

Gawd he was hilarious, confident and an such inspiration.

Gotta go back to the library.

what an awesome, awesome day.

Cept at the end of the day standing next to his grave surveying the valley below, recalling my day long experience and his impact on my life, I broke down in tears.

beautiful and I wish I had his knack for joke telling.

I am “Proud to be an American”.


14 posted on 09/24/2014 12:04:28 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Utilizer

That you didn’t get it...

/S

LOL


15 posted on 09/24/2014 12:07:04 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Twotone

I always liked the Mondale debate retort.

I will not make age an issue in this campaign. I will not exploit my opponents relative youth and inexperience.

Even Mondale burst out laughing at that line. Even though he didn’t mean to. I’ve always believed that line right there assured the American people that Reagan was still up to the challenge and helped him win in a landslide.


16 posted on 09/24/2014 12:16:20 PM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Even Mondale burst out laughing at that line. Even though he didn’t mean to. I’ve always believed that line right there assured the American people that Reagan was still up to the challenge and helped him win in a landslide

Yep, quick wit and good humor goes a long way. It also says you're "sharp".

17 posted on 09/24/2014 12:19:33 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Utilizer

Pretty much describes the GOPe advisors, doesn’t it?


18 posted on 09/24/2014 12:26:09 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Utilizer

You were drinking sweet teat while enjoying their purfume?


19 posted on 09/24/2014 12:39:14 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Twotone

Watching that clip I’m reminded of why he was so hated and feared by the left. The danger they must have felt from a man like him. I will always miss him.


20 posted on 09/24/2014 1:14:38 PM PDT by jonathonandjennifer
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